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May 3, 2006
Happy Independence Day Israel!
Israel is celebrating it's 58th Independence Day (based on the Jewish Calendar), and to mark the occasion the Jerusalem Post has posted online the May 16, 1948 edition of their paper (then called the Palestine Post).
Their coverage included the declaration of statehood made by David Ben Gurion, who would become Israel's first prime minister. As Israel was born, he said:
"Even at this hour of bloodshed, we call upon the Arabs of Palestine to restore peace in this country. We call upon the Arab citizens to return to their homes. We assure them full civil rights on the basis of full representation in all governmental organs of the State. We are extending the hand of friendship to the neighbouring Arab states in order to initiate mutual cooperation. We are ready to contribute our share to the revival of the Middle East."
As we all know, every Arab country decided to invade Israel instead.
Posted by Philip Klein at May 3, 2006 10:31 AM
Comments
sounds really threatening to me.......
Posted by: TG at May 4, 2006 11:14 AM